三遷 Three Moves

三遷Three Moves

三

Sān — surname San (HSK 1)

遷

qiān — 1. to move 2. to shift 3. to change (a position or location etc) 4. to promote (HSK 7-9)

三迁

花嫂子着了魔了！Sister Flower had gone mad!她只有一個孩子，捨不得敎他入學．她說：『阿同底父親是因She had only one child, and could not bear to send him to school. She said: 'Ah Tong's father died from studying too hard.'

花

Huā — surname Hua (HSK 1)

嫂子

sǎo zi — (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law (HSK 7-9)

着

zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

魔

mó — 1. (bound form) evil spirit; devil 2. (prefix) supernatural; magical

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

只有

zhǐ yǒu — 1. only have ...; there is only ... 2. (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng guò zhì liáo cái néng quán yù) "the only way to cure it is with therapy") 3. it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要 (zhǐ yǒu nán xìng cái yǒu cǐ xū yào) "only men would have such a requirement") 4. (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服 (zhǐ yǒu qū fú) "the only thing you can do is give in") (HSK 3)

一個

yī ge — 1. a; an; one 2. the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

捨不得

shě bu de — 1. to hate to do sth 2. to hate to part with 3. to begrudge (HSK 5)

敎

jiào — variant of 教 (jiào)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

入學

rù xué — 1. to enter a school or college 2. to go to school for the first time as a child (HSK 6)

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

阿

ā — 1. prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity 2. used in transliteration 3. (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗 (Ā fù hàn)) 4. (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞 (Ā ěr bā ní yà)) 5. (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞 (Ā ěr jí lì yà)) 6. (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷 (Ā gēn tíng)) 7. also pr. (à)

同

tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)

底

de — (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) (HSK 4)

父親

fù qīn — 1. father 2. also pr. (fù qin) 3. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

是

shì — 1. to be (followed by substantives only) 2. correct; right; true 3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well 4. (adverb for emphatic assertion) (HSK 1)

因

yīn — 1. cause 2. reason 3. because (HSK 6)

花嫂子着了魔了！她只有一个孩子，舍不得教他入学．她说：『阿同底父亲是因

爲念書念死的．』'Ah Tong's father died from studying too hard.'

爲

wéi — variant of 為 (wéi) (HSK 2)

念書

niàn shū — 1. to read; to study 2. to attend school (HSK 7-9)

念

niàn — 1. to read 2. to study (a subject) 3. to attend (a school) 4. to read aloud 5. to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (classifier: 頓 (dùn)) 6. to miss (sb) 7. idea 8. remembrance 9. twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿 (niàn)) (HSK 3)

死

sǐ — 1. to die 2. impassable 3. uncrossable 4. inflexible 5. rigid 6. extremely 7. damned (HSK 3)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

为念书念死的．』

阿同整天在街上和他底小伙伴玩．城市中應有的游戲，他們都玩過。Ah Tong spent all day in the streets playing with his little companions. Whatever games were to be had in the city, they had all played.他們最喜They loved best of all

阿

ā — 1. prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity 2. used in transliteration 3. (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗 (Ā fù hàn)) 4. (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞 (Ā ěr bā ní yà)) 5. (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞 (Ā ěr jí lì yà)) 6. (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷 (Ā gēn tíng)) 7. also pr. (à)

同

tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)

整天

zhěng tiān — 1. all day long 2. whole day (HSK 3)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

街上

jiē shang — 1. on the street 2. in town

和

Hé — surname He (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

底

de — (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) (HSK 4)

小伙

xiǎo huǒ — 1. young guy 2. lad 3. youngster 4. classifier: 個 (gè)

伴

bàn — 1. partner; companion; comrade; associate 2. to accompany (HSK 7-9)

玩

wán — 1. to play 2. to have fun 3. to trifle with 4. toy 5. sth used for amusement 6. curio or antique (Taiwan pr. (wàn)) 7. to keep sth for entertainment

城市

chéng shì — 1. city; town 2. classifier: 座 (zuò) (HSK 3)

中

Zhōng — 1. (bound form) China; Chinese 2. surname Zhong (HSK 1)

應有

yīng yǒu — 1. to deserve (attention, respect etc) 2. should have (freedoms, rights etc)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

游

Yóu — surname You (HSK 3)

戲

xì — 1. trick 2. drama 3. play 4. show 5. classifier: 齣 (chū), 場 (chǎng), 臺 (tái) (HSK 5)

他們

tā men — they; them (HSK 1)

都

Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)

玩

wán — 1. to play 2. to have fun 3. to trifle with 4. toy 5. sth used for amusement 6. curio or antique (Taiwan pr. (wàn)) 7. to keep sth for entertainment

過

Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)

他們

tā men — they; them (HSK 1)

最

zuì — 1. (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est 2. (after 之 (zhī)) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 (shì jiè zhī zuì) "the greatest in the world") (HSK 1)

喜

xǐ — 1. to be fond of 2. to like 3. to enjoy 4. to be happy 5. to feel pleased 6. happiness 7. delight 8. glad

阿同整天在街上和他底小伙伴玩．城市中应有的游戏，他们都玩过。他们最喜

歡學警察、人犯、老爺、財主、乞丐．阿同常要做人犯，被人用繩子綑起來，帶到老爺跟前to play at policeman, criminal, master, rich man, and beggar. Ah Tong often had to play the criminal, bound up with rope by the others and hauled before the "master"

歡

huān — 1. joyous 2. happy 3. pleased

學

xué — 1. to learn 2. to study 3. to imitate 4. science 5. -ology (HSK 1)

警察

jǐng chá — police; police officer (HSK 3)

人犯

rén fàn — 1. criminal 2. culprit 3. suspect (old)

老爺

lǎo ye — 1. (respectful) lord 2. master 3. (coll.) maternal grandfather

財主

cái zhǔ — 1. rich man 2. moneybags

乞丐

qǐ gài — beggar (HSK 7-9)

阿

ā — 1. prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity 2. used in transliteration 3. (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗 (Ā fù hàn)) 4. (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞 (Ā ěr bā ní yà)) 5. (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞 (Ā ěr jí lì yà)) 6. (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷 (Ā gēn tíng)) 7. also pr. (à)

同

tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)

常

Cháng — surname Chang (HSK 1)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

做人

zuò rén — 1. to conduct oneself 2. to behave with integrity

犯

fàn — 1. to violate 2. to offend 3. to assault 4. criminal 5. crime 6. to make a mistake 7. recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) (HSK 6)

被

bèi — 1. quilt 2. to cover (with) 3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) 4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) 5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip") (HSK 3)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

用

yòng — 1. to use; to make use of; to employ 2. (coverb) with; using 3. to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) 4. usefulness; utility 5. (bound form) expense; outlay 6. (courteous) to eat; to drink 7. (literary) hence; therefore (HSK 1)

繩子

shéng zi — 1. cord; string; rope 2. classifier: 條 (tiáo) (HSK 7-9)

綑

kǔn — variant of 捆 (kǔn) (HSK 7-9)

起來

qǐ lai — 1. to stand up; to get up 2. also pr. (qǐ lái) (HSK 1)

帶

dài — 1. band 2. belt 3. girdle 4. ribbon 5. tire 6. area 7. zone 8. region 9. classifier: 條 (tiáo) 10. to wear 11. to carry 12. to take along 13. to bear (i.e. to have) 14. to lead 15. to bring 16. to look after 17. to raise (HSK 2)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

老爺

lǎo ye — 1. (respectful) lord 2. master 3. (coll.) maternal grandfather

跟前

gēn qián — 1. the front (of) 2. (in) front 3. (in) sb's presence 4. just before (a date) (HSK 5)

欢学警察、人犯、老爷、财主、乞丐．阿同常要做人犯，被人用绳子捆起来，带到老爷跟前

挨打．to be beaten.

挨打

ái dǎ — to take a beating; to come under attack (HSK 6)

一天給花嫂子看見了，說：『這還了得！One day Sister Flower saw this and said, 'This will never do!孩子要學壞了．我得找地方搬家．』The boy is turning bad. I must find another place to move to.'

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

天

tiān — 1. day 2. sky 3. heaven (HSK 1)

給

gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)

花

Huā — surname Hua (HSK 1)

嫂子

sǎo zi — (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law (HSK 7-9)

看見

kàn jiàn — to see; to catch sight of (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

這還了得

zhè hái liǎo dé — 1. How dare you! 2. This is an outrage! 3. Absolutely disgraceful!

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

學壞

xué huài — 1. to follow bad examples 2. to be corrupted by bad examples

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

找

zhǎo — 1. to try to find 2. to look for 3. to call on sb 4. to find 5. to seek 6. to return 7. to give change (HSK 1)

地方

dì fāng — 1. region 2. regional (away from the central administration) 3. local (HSK 1)

搬家

bān jiā — 1. to move house; to relocate 2. to remove (sth) (HSK 3)

一天给花嫂子看见了，说：『这还了得！孩子要学坏了．我得找地方搬家．』

她带着孩子到村莊裏住．孩子整天在阡陌間和他底小伙伴玩：村莊裏應有的She took the child to live in a village. All day long the child played among the fields and footpaths with his little companions: whatever games were to be had in the village,

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

带

dài — 1. band 2. belt 3. girdle 4. ribbon 5. tire 6. area 7. zone 8. region 9. classifier: 條 (tiáo) 10. to wear 11. to carry 12. to take along 13. to bear (i.e. to have) 14. to lead 15. to bring 16. to look after 17. to raise (HSK 2)

着

zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

村莊

cūn zhuāng — 1. village 2. hamlet 3. classifier: 座 (zuò) (HSK 6)

裏

lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)

住

zhù — 1. to live; to reside; to stay 2. to stop; to cease 3. (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) (HSK 1)

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

整天

zhěng tiān — 1. all day long 2. whole day (HSK 3)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

阡

qiān — road leading north and south

陌

mò — 1. raised path 2. street

間

jiān — 1. between 2. among 3. within a definite time or space 4. room 5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars 6. classifier for rooms (HSK 1)

和

Hé — surname He (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

底

de — (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) (HSK 4)

小伙

xiǎo huǒ — 1. young guy 2. lad 3. youngster 4. classifier: 個 (gè)

伴

bàn — 1. partner; companion; comrade; associate 2. to accompany (HSK 7-9)

玩

wán — 1. to play 2. to have fun 3. to trifle with 4. toy 5. sth used for amusement 6. curio or antique (Taiwan pr. (wàn)) 7. to keep sth for entertainment

村莊

cūn zhuāng — 1. village 2. hamlet 3. classifier: 座 (zuò) (HSK 6)

裏

lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)

應有

yīng yǒu — 1. to deserve (attention, respect etc) 2. should have (freedoms, rights etc)

的

de — 1. of; ~'s (possessive particle) 2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 (pí gé de) "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 (pǎo táng r de) "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 (xīn de) "new one") 5. also pr. (dì) or (di) in poetry and songs (HSK 1)

她带着孩子到村庄里住．孩子整天在阡陌间和他底小伙伴玩：村庄里应有的

游戲，他們都玩過．他們最喜歡做牛馬、牧童、肥猪、公鷄．阿同常要做牛被人牽着騎着，they had all played. They loved best of all to play at ox, horse, herdboy, fat pig, and rooster. Ah Tong often had to play the ox, led about and ridden by the others,

游

Yóu — surname You (HSK 3)

戲

xì — 1. trick 2. drama 3. play 4. show 5. classifier: 齣 (chū), 場 (chǎng), 臺 (tái) (HSK 5)

他們

tā men — they; them (HSK 1)

都

Dū — surname Du (HSK 1)

玩

wán — 1. to play 2. to have fun 3. to trifle with 4. toy 5. sth used for amusement 6. curio or antique (Taiwan pr. (wàn)) 7. to keep sth for entertainment

過

Guō — surname Guo (HSK 1)

他們

tā men — they; them (HSK 1)

最

zuì — 1. (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est 2. (after 之 (zhī)) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 (shì jiè zhī zuì) "the greatest in the world") (HSK 1)

喜歡

xǐ huan — to like; to be fond of (HSK 1)

做

zuò — 1. to make; to produce 2. to write; to compose 3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) 4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) 5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for 6. to assume (an air or manner) (HSK 1)

牛馬

niú mǎ — 1. oxen and horses; beasts of burden 2. (fig.) drudge; laborer

牧童

mù tóng — shepherd boy

肥

féi — 1. fat 2. fertile 3. loose-fitting or large 4. to fertilize 5. to become rich by illegal means 6. fertilizer 7. manure (HSK 4)

猪

zhū — 1. hog 2. pig 3. swine 4. classifier: 口 (kǒu), 頭 (tóu) (HSK 3)

公

gōng — 1. public 2. collectively owned 3. common 4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) 5. make public 6. fair 7. just 8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔ děng jué wèi) 9. honorable (gentlemen) 10. father-in-law 11. male (animal) (HSK 6)

鷄

jī — variant of 雞 (jī) (HSK 2)

阿

ā — 1. prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity 2. used in transliteration 3. (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗 (Ā fù hàn)) 4. (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞 (Ā ěr bā ní yà)) 5. (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞 (Ā ěr jí lì yà)) 6. (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷 (Ā gēn tíng)) 7. also pr. (à)

同

tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)

常

Cháng — surname Chang (HSK 1)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

做

zuò — 1. to make; to produce 2. to write; to compose 3. to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) 4. (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) 5. (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for 6. to assume (an air or manner) (HSK 1)

牛

Niú — surname Niu (HSK 3)

被

bèi — 1. quilt 2. to cover (with) 3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) 4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) 5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip") (HSK 3)

人

rén — 1. person; people 2. classifier: 個 (gè), 位 (wèi), 名 (míng) (HSK 1)

牽

qiān — 1. to lead along 2. to pull (an animal on a tether) 3. (bound form) to involve 4. to draw in (HSK 6)

着

zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)

騎

jì — 1. (Tw) saddle horse 2. mounted soldier (HSK 2)

着

zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)

游戏，他们都玩过．他们最喜欢做牛马、牧童、肥猪、公鸡．阿同常要做牛被人牵着骑着，

鞭着他學耕田．whipped on to make him plough the fields.

鞭

biān — 1. whip or lash 2. to flog 3. to whip 4. conductor's baton 5. segmented iron weapon (old) 6. penis (of animal, served as food)

着

zhāo — variant of 著 (zhāo) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

學

xué — 1. to learn 2. to study 3. to imitate 4. science 5. -ology (HSK 1)

耕田

gēng tián — 1. to cultivate soil 2. to till fields

鞭着他学耕田．

一天又給花嫂子看見了，就說：『這還了得！One day Sister Flower saw this again, and said, 'This will never do!孩子要變畜生了．我得找地方搬家．』The boy is turning into a beast. I must find another place to move to.'

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

天

tiān — 1. day 2. sky 3. heaven (HSK 1)

又

yòu — 1. (once) again 2. also 3. both... and... 4. and yet 5. (used for emphasis) anyway (HSK 2)

給

gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)

花

Huā — surname Hua (HSK 1)

嫂子

sǎo zi — (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law (HSK 7-9)

看見

kàn jiàn — to see; to catch sight of (HSK 1)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

這還了得

zhè hái liǎo dé — 1. How dare you! 2. This is an outrage! 3. Absolutely disgraceful!

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

要

yāo — (bound form) to demand; to coerce (HSK 1)

變

biàn — 1. to change 2. to become different 3. to transform 4. to vary 5. rebellion (HSK 2)

畜生

chù sheng — 1. domestic animal 2. brute 3. bastard

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

我

wǒ — I; me; my (HSK 1)

得

dé — 1. to obtain 2. to get 3. to gain 4. to catch (a disease) 5. proper 6. suitable 7. proud 8. contented 9. to allow 10. to permit 11. ready 12. finished (HSK 2)

找

zhǎo — 1. to try to find 2. to look for 3. to call on sb 4. to find 5. to seek 6. to return 7. to give change (HSK 1)

地方

dì fāng — 1. region 2. regional (away from the central administration) 3. local (HSK 1)

搬家

bān jiā — 1. to move house; to relocate 2. to remove (sth) (HSK 3)

一天又给花嫂子看见了，就说：『这还了得！孩子要变畜生了．我得找地方搬家．』

她帶孩子到深山底洞裏住．孩子整天在懸崖斷谷間和他底小伙伴玩．他底小She took the child to live in a cave deep in the mountains. All day long the child played among the cliffs and ravines with his little companions. His little

她

tā — she (HSK 1)

帶孩子

dài hái zi — to look after a baby; to take care of a young child

到

dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)

深山

shēn shān — deep in the mountains

底

de — (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) (HSK 4)

洞

dòng — 1. cave 2. hole 3. zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) 4. classifier: 個 (gè) (HSK 5)

裏

lǐ — variant of 裡 (lǐ) (HSK 1)

住

zhù — 1. to live; to reside; to stay 2. to stop; to cease 3. (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state) (HSK 1)

孩子

hái zi — child (HSK 1)

整天

zhěng tiān — 1. all day long 2. whole day (HSK 3)

在

zài — 1. to exist; to be alive 2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) (HSK 1)

懸崖

xuán yá — 1. precipice 2. overhanging cliff (HSK 7-9)

斷

duàn — 1. to break 2. to snap 3. to cut off 4. to give up or abstain from sth 5. to judge 6. (usu. used in the negative) absolutely 7. definitely 8. decidedly (HSK 3)

谷

Gǔ — surname Gu

間

jiān — 1. between 2. among 3. within a definite time or space 4. room 5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars 6. classifier for rooms (HSK 1)

和

Hé — surname He (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

底

de — (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) (HSK 4)

小伙

xiǎo huǒ — 1. young guy 2. lad 3. youngster 4. classifier: 個 (gè)

伴

bàn — 1. partner; companion; comrade; associate 2. to accompany (HSK 7-9)

玩

wán — 1. to play 2. to have fun 3. to trifle with 4. toy 5. sth used for amusement 6. curio or antique (Taiwan pr. (wàn)) 7. to keep sth for entertainment

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

底

de — (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) (HSK 4)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

她带孩子到深山底洞里住．孩子整天在悬崖断谷间和他底小伙伴玩．他底小

伙伴就是小生番、小獮猴、大鹿、長尾三娘、大蛺蝶．他最愛學鹿底跳躍，猴底攀緣，蛺companions were now a little savage boy, a little macaque, a great deer, a long-tailed lady-monkey, and a great butterfly. He loved best to imitate the deer's leaping, the monkey's climbing,

伙伴

huǒ bàn — variant of 夥伴 (huǒ bàn) (HSK 4)

就是

jiù shì — 1. exactly; precisely 2. only; simply; just 3. (used correlatively with 也 (yě)) even; even if (HSK 3)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

生番

shēng fān — 1. barbarian 2. aboriginal savage

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

獮

xiǎn — to hunt in autumn (archaic)

猴

hóu — 1. monkey 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī) (HSK 5)

大鹿

dà lù — moose

長尾

cháng wěi — long tail

三

Sān — surname San (HSK 1)

娘

niáng — 1. mother 2. young lady 3. (coll.) effeminate (HSK 7-9)

大

dà — 1. big; large; great 2. older (than another person) 3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě)) 4. greatly; freely; fully 5. (dialect) father 6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother) (HSK 1)

蛺蝶

jiá dié — 1. nymphalid 2. butterfly

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

最

zuì — 1. (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est 2. (after 之 (zhī)) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最 (shì jiè zhī zuì) "the greatest in the world") (HSK 1)

愛

ài — 1. to love; to be fond of; to like 2. affection 3. to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen) (HSK 1)

學

xué — 1. to learn 2. to study 3. to imitate 4. science 5. -ology (HSK 1)

鹿

lù — deer (HSK 7-9)

底

de — (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) (HSK 4)

跳躍

tiào yuè — 1. to jump 2. to leap 3. to bound 4. to skip (HSK 7-9)

猴

hóu — 1. monkey 2. classifier: 隻 (zhī) (HSK 5)

底

de — (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) (HSK 4)

攀緣

pān yuán — to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)

蛺

jiá — see 蛺蝶 (jiá dié)

伙伴就是小生番、小狝猴、大鹿、长尾三娘、大蛱蝶．他最爱学鹿底跳跃，猴底攀缘，蛱

蝶底飛舞．and the butterfly's fluttering flight.

蝶

dié — (bound form) butterfly

底

de — (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) (HSK 4)

飛舞

fēi wǔ — 1. to flutter 2. to dance in the breeze

蝶底飞舞．

有一天，阿同從懸崖上飛下去了．他底同伴小生番來給花嫂子報信，花嫂子說，『他飛下去麼？One day, Ah Tong flew down from the cliff. His companion the little savage boy came to bring Sister Flower the news. Sister Flower said, 'Did he fly down?那麼他就有本領了．』Then he has gained real skill.'

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

一

yī — 1. one 2. single 3. a (article) 4. as soon as 5. entire; whole; all; throughout 6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) 7. also pr. (yāo) for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit (HSK 1)

天

tiān — 1. day 2. sky 3. heaven (HSK 1)

阿

ā — 1. prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity 2. used in transliteration 3. (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗 (Ā fù hàn)) 4. (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞 (Ā ěr bā ní yà)) 5. (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞 (Ā ěr jí lì yà)) 6. (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷 (Ā gēn tíng)) 7. also pr. (à)

同

tóng — 1. like 2. same 3. similar 4. together 5. alike 6. with (HSK 6)

從

Cóng — surname Cong (HSK 1)

懸崖

xuán yá — 1. precipice 2. overhanging cliff (HSK 7-9)

上

shǎng — used in 上聲 (shǎng shēng) (HSK 1)

飛

fēi — to fly (HSK 1)

下去

xià qù — 1. to go down 2. to descend 3. to go on 4. to continue 5. (of a servant) to withdraw (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

底

de — (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) (HSK 4)

同伴

tóng bàn — companion; comrade; fellow (HSK 7-9)

小

xiǎo — 1. small 2. tiny 3. few 4. young (HSK 1)

生番

shēng fān — 1. barbarian 2. aboriginal savage

來

lái — 1. to come 2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) 3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來 (huí lai)) 4. ever since (as in 自古以來 (zì gǔ yǐ lái)) 5. for the past (amount of time) 6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世 (lái shì)) 7. (between two verbs) in order to 8. (after a round number) approximately 9. (used after 得 (dé) to indicate possibility, as in 談得來 (tán de lái), or after 不 (bù) to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來 (chī bu lái)) (HSK 1)

給

gěi — 1. to 2. for 3. for the benefit of 4. to give 5. to allow 6. to do sth (for sb) 7. (grammatical equivalent of 被) 8. (grammatical equivalent of 把) 9. (sentence intensifier) (HSK 1)

花

Huā — surname Hua (HSK 1)

嫂子

sǎo zi — (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law (HSK 7-9)

報信

bào xìn — 1. to notify 2. to inform

花

Huā — surname Hua (HSK 1)

嫂子

sǎo zi — (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law (HSK 7-9)

說

shuì — to persuade (HSK 1)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

飛

fēi — to fly (HSK 1)

下去

xià qù — 1. to go down 2. to descend 3. to go on 4. to continue 5. (of a servant) to withdraw (HSK 3)

麼

má — exclamatory final particle

那麼

nà me — 1. like that; in that way; to that extent 2. (before a number) ... or so; about ... 3. then; in that case (HSK 2)

他

tā — 1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his 2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 (tā rì) and 他人 (tā rén)) (HSK 1)

就

jiù — 1. (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then 2. (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after 3. (same as 就是 (jiù shì)) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly 4. only; as little as 5. as much as; as many as 6. to approach; to move towards 7. to undertake; to engage in 8. (often followed by 著 (zhe)) taking advantage of 9. (of food) to go with 10. with regard to; concerning 11. (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就 (yī cù ér jiù)) 12. (pattern: 就 (jiù) ... 也 (yě) ...) even if ... still ... 13. (pattern: 不 (bù) ... 就 (jiù) ...) if not ... then must be ... (HSK 1)

有

yǒu — 1. to have; there is 2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 (yǒu yì) intentional) (HSK 1)

本領

běn lǐng — 1. skill 2. ability 3. capability 4. classifier: 項 (xiàng), 個 (gè) (HSK 3)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

有一天，阿同从悬崖上飞下去了．他底同伴小生番来给花嫂子报信，花嫂子说，『他飞下去么？那么他就有本领了．』

呀，花嫂子瘋了！Ah, Sister Flower had gone mad!

呀

yā — 1. ah (used to express surprise) 2. (onom.) creaking (HSK 4)

花

Huā — surname Hua (HSK 1)

嫂子

sǎo zi — (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law (HSK 7-9)

瘋

fēng — 1. insane 2. mad 3. wild (HSK 5)

了

le — 1. (completed action marker) 2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) 3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) (HSK 1)

呀，花嫂子疯了！